I've been trying to describe for hours how gutted I am about this, but it just utterly escapes me. I was lucky enough to tour with type o in the fall of 2003, and I remember that tour as one where I could not believe i was sharing the stage with them every night and hanging out with my childhood idols. I have so many memories, have loved his music for well over half my life, so his death just leaves a hole in reality which just makes today very distant and far away. A true musical genius, a true original, unlike many people who claim to be both he was the real deal.